The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep after the edits by Phil Bridger (talk · contribs) that address the reasons for this AFD. Elkman ^(Elkspeak) 15:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dilly beans (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

WP is not a how-to! ukexpat (talk) 05:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete or possibly transwiki to WikiBooks. Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook.--TBC!?! 05:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:NOT#HOWTO.  Esradekan Gibb  ^"Talk" 11:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions. —Pixelface (talk) 11:07, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete This is certainly not up to standards. It is also writing like an advertisment, as well as violating WP:NOT#HOWTO. Juliancolton ^{The storm still blows...} 19:23, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Transwiki to Wikibooks. Unfortunately, this violates Wikipedia's WP:NOT, but would be more appropriate at Wikibooks. I note that the originator of the article is new as of 6th March. Editors please be careful to support your arguments with evidence, and make clear statements about the content, so as not to bite the newcomers. --Darkprincealain (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The subject is a notable part of New England food culture. WP:NOT#HOWTO can be used as a reason to remove the recipe from the article, but to delete the whole article would be to throw out the baby with the bathwater. It contains encyclopedic information on what dilly beans are, how they are served, why they were developed and where they are popular. There is also plenty of scope for expansion from sources such as Time Magazine, which is just one of 179 hits (the first non-paywall one) in the Google news archive that demonstrate notability. Phil Bridger (talk) 13:50, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, following the improvements made by Phil Bridger. --Pixelface (talk) 16:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.